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Using thermal drone technology that enables entirely non-invasive methodologies, we deliver wildlife surveys for land and woodland managers.

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Locating deer and recording their numbers across hundreds of hectares of land used to be an arduous, tricky business. The powerful capabilities of the Mavic 3 Thermal, however, is a game-changer in this field. Not only does the 156x zoom allow us to spot and record deer herds from hundreds of metres away across expanses of flat land, but flying tight 120m altitude transsects over wooded areas with the camera in a "nadir" (pointing directly down) position means we can spot thermal signatures through moderately dense woodland canopies.

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We can also conduct Nightjar nesting surveys, pinpointing suspected nesting locations from 120m. Elusive Nightjar pairs nest on the ground, which means they can be easily disturbed by humans and dogs. Using the Mavic 3, we can hover at maximum altitude, well out of the way of a male NJ's morning hunting patterns, and track the male's movements while it's active. We can then precisely identify spots to which they seem to return before piloting the drone directly to that location (120m above surface level) and drop a GPS marker in-flight. We then transfer these locations onto a map to deliver to a land or woodland manager, along with the thermal footage to corroborate our findings.

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